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<H1>Symbolic Debug Data Dumping Tool (ildbdump.exe/ildbdump)</H1>

 
<p>The Shared Source CLI (SSCLI) supports source-level debugging using the 
cordbg managed code debugger (see <a href="cordbg.html">cordbg.html</a>).&nbsp; 
Symbolic information is stored by the SSCLI implementation of the compilers in 
.ildb database files.&nbsp; This file format is different than the .pdb file 
format supported by the compilers (Visual C#, JScript, Visual C++ .NET, Visual Basic 
.NET, and so on) in the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK and Microsoft Visual Studio 
.NET.&nbsp; </p>

 
<p>The .ildb format was created for the SSCLI in order to have a small, 
platform-independent symbolic format for debugging managed code.</p>

 
<p>The application file for the symbolic debug data dumping tool is named ildbdump.exe in the 
Shared Source CLI (SSCLI)  on Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg;. It is named 
ildbdump in the SSCLI  on UNIX system-based platforms.</p>

 
<p>The .ildb dump tool (ildbdump) allows dumping of symbolic debug information 
stored in .ildb files.&nbsp; The source for this  tool can be found at
<a href="../../clr/src/tools/ildbdump/ildbdump.cpp">sscli\tools\ildbconv\ildbconv.cpp</a>.</p>

 
<h4>Usage</h4>

 
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<pre>ildbconv <i>[options] filename</i></pre>

 
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<p>Options can be specified using either a dash (-) or a slash (/). </p>
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<TH width=33%>Option</TH>
<TH width=67%>Description</TH>
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<TD width=33%><b>/full</b></TD>
<TD width=67%>Dumps full debug information.&nbsp; This will include header 
information as well as data for all the individual methods.</TD>
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<TD width=33%><b>/header</b></TD>
<TD width=67%>Dumps just the header information but not the individual methods.</TD>
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<TD width=33%><b>/assembly:</b><i>assemblyfilename</i></TD>
<TD width=67%>Extracts information from the metadata in <i>assemblyfilename.</i></TD>
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<TD width=33%><b>/?</b></TD>
<TD width=67%>Displays the command syntax and options for the tool.
<p>When using this tool on UNIX system-based platforms <b>/?</b> might expand to 
a filename. Instead use <b>-?</b>, or enclose the 
<b>/?</b> 
option in quotes: &quot;<b>/?</b>&quot;</TD>
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<h5>See Also</h5>

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